Notes From the Net

SoundExchange, the nonprofit organization designated by the United States Copyright Office to collect and distribute royalties from Webcasters, satellite radio services and other digital music providers to recording artists and record labels, is trying to reach approximately 9,000 unregistered recording artists and approximately 2,000 unregistered independent record labels, as the deadline to sign up to receive digital performance royalties collected between 1996 and 2000 fast approaches. Claims to royalties paid for the years 1996 through March 31, 2000, will not be accepted after December 15, 2006.

SoundExchange has published the list of names on its Website, www.soundexchange.com; registration forms are available online.